Semuliki National Park (7049)
Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List category	Year	KBA criteria
Amphibia	Xenopus ruwenzoriensis		DD	2024	B1

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	Year	IUCN Red List Category
Aves	Agapornis swindernianus	Black-collared Lovebird	2001	LC
Aves	Rhaphidura sabini	Sabine's Spinetail	2001	LC
Mammalia	Loxodonta africana	African Elephant	2011
Reptilia	Osteolaemus tetraspis	African Dwarf Crocodile	2011	VU
Mammalia	Pan troglodytes	Chimpanzee	2011	EN
Mammalia	Crocidura tarella	Ugandan Shrew	2011	EN
Aves	Peliperdix lathami	Forest Francolin	2001	LC
Aves	Ptilopachus nahani	Nahan's Partridge	2001	VU
Aves	Indicator maculatus	Spotted Honeyguide	2001	LC
Aves	Indicator willcocksi	Willcocks's Honeyguide	2001	LC
Aves	Melichneutes robustus	Lyre-tailed Honeyguide	2001	LC
Aves	Prodotiscus insignis	Cassin's Honeybird	2001	LC
Aves	Verreauxia africana	African Piculet	2001	LC
Aves	Pardipicus nivosus	Buff-spotted Woodpecker	2001	LC
Aves	Pardipicus caroli	Brown-eared Woodpecker	2001	LC
Aves	Dendropicos xantholophus	Yellow-crested Woodpecker	2001	LC
Aves	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Speckled Tinkerbird	2001	LC
Aves	Pogoniulus atroflavus	Red-rumped Tinkerbird	2001	LC
Aves	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	2001	LC
Aves	Buccanodon duchaillui	Yellow-spotted Barbet	2001
Aves	Tricholaema hirsuta	Hairy-breasted Barbet	2001	LC
Aves	Trachyphonus purpuratus_old	Yellow-billed Barbet	2001
Aves	Tropicranus albocristatus_old	White-crested Hornbill	2001
Aves	Tockus hartlaubi_old	Black Dwarf Hornbill	2001
Aves	Lophoceros camurus	Dwarf Hornbill	2001	LC
Aves	Tockus fasciatus_old	African Pied Hornbill	2001
Aves	Bycanistes fistulator_old	Piping Hornbill	2001
Aves	Bycanistes subcylindricus	Grey-cheeked Hornbill	2001	LC
Aves	Bycanistes cylindricus	Brown-cheeked Hornbill	2001	VU
Aves	Ceratogymna atrata	Black-casqued Hornbill	2001	LC
Aves	Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	Forest Scimitarbill	2001	LC
Aves	Eurystomus gularis	Blue-throated Roller	2001	LC
Aves	Corythornis leucogaster	White-bellied Kingfisher	2001	LC
Aves	Ispidina lecontei	African Dwarf-kingfisher	2001	LC
Aves	Halcyon badia	Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	2001	LC
Aves	Merops gularis	Black Bee-eater	2001	LC
Aves	Cercococcyx mechowi	Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo	2001
Aves	Cercococcyx olivinus	Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	2001	LC
Aves	Chrysococcyx flavigularis	Yellow-throated Cuckoo	2001	LC
Aves	Psittacus erithacus_old		2001
Aves	Glaucidium tephronotum	Red-chested Owlet	2001	LC
Aves	Glaucidium castaneum	Chestnut Owlet	2001	LC
Aves	Caprimulgus nigriscapularis	Black-shouldered Nightjar	2001
Aves	Caprimulgus batesi	Bates's Nightjar	2001	LC
Aves	Columba unicincta	Afep Pigeon	2001	LC
Aves	Columba albinucha	White-naped Pigeon	2001	LC
Aves	Sarothrura pulchra	White-spotted Flufftail	2001	LC
Aves	Himantornis haematopus	Nkulengu Rail	2001	LC
Aves	Gallinago media	Great Snipe	2001	NT
Aves	Accipiter castanilius	Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk	2001	LC
Aves	Accipiter erythropus	Red-legged Sparrowhawk	2001	LC
Aves	Urotriorchis macrourus	Long-tailed Hawk	2001	LC
Aves	Bostrychia rara	Spot-breasted Ibis	2001	LC
Aves	Pitta reichenowi	Green-breasted Pitta	2001	LC
Aves	Smithornis rufolateralis	Rufous-sided Broadbill	2001	LC
Aves	Oriolus brachyrynchus	Western Black-headed Oriole	2001	LC
Aves	Oriolus nigripennis	Black-winged Oriole	2001	LC
Aves	Erythrocercus mccallii	Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	2001	LC
Aves	Elminia nigromitrata	Dusky Crested-flycatcher	2001	LC
Aves	Trochocercus nitens	Western Crested-flycatcher	2001	LC
Aves	Dryoscopus senegalensis	Red-eyed Puffback	2001	LC
Aves	Laniarius mufumbiri	Papyrus Gonolek	2001	NT
Aves	Laniarius leucorhynchus	Lowland Sooty Boubou	2001	LC
Aves	Malaconotus cruentus	Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike	2001	LC
Aves	Prionops caniceps_old	Red-billed Helmet-shrike	2001
Aves	Megabyas flammulatus	African Shrike-flycatcher	2001	LC
Aves	Batis ituriensis	Ituri Batis	2001	LC
Aves	Dyaphorophyia castanea_old	Chestnut Wattle-eye	2001
Aves	Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	Jameson's Wattle-eye	2001	LC
Aves	Stizorhina fraseri_old	Rufous Flycatcher-thrush	2001
Aves	Neocossyphus poensis	White-tailed Ant-thrush	2001	LC
Aves	Geokichla oberlaenderi	Oberländer's Ground-thrush	2011	NT
Aves	Geokichla princei	Grey Ground-thrush	2001	LC
Aves	Alethe diademata_old		2001
Aves	Artomyias fuliginosa	Sooty Flycatcher	2001	LC
Aves	Bradornis comitatus	Dusky-blue Flycatcher	2001	LC
Aves	Muscicapa cassini	Cassin's Flycatcher	2001	LC
Aves	Fraseria griseigularis	Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher	2001	LC
Aves	Sheppardia cyornithopsis	Lowland Akalat	2001	LC
Aves	Cossypha cyanocampter	Blue-shouldered Robin-chat	2001	LC
Aves	Tychaedon leucosticta	Forest Scrub-robin	2001	LC
Aves	Poeoptera lugubris	Narrow-tailed Starling	2001	LC
Aves	Onychognathus fulgidus	Chestnut-winged Starling	2001	LC
Aves	Hylopsar purpureiceps	Purple-headed Starling	2001	LC
Aves	Hirundo nigrita	White-bibbed Swallow	2001	LC
Aves	Eurillas gracilis	Grey Greenbul	2001	LC
Aves	Eurillas curvirostris	Plain Greenbul	2001	LC
Aves	Baeopogon indicator	Honeyguide Greenbul	2001	LC
Aves	Chlorocichla simplex	Simple Greenbul	2001	LC
Aves	Thescelocichla leucopleura	Swamp Palm Bulbul	2001	LC
Aves	Pyrrhurus scandens	Leaf-love	2001	LC
Aves	Phyllastrephus hypochloris	Toro Olive Greenbul	2001	LC
Aves	Phyllastrephus lorenzi	Sassi's Olive Greenbul	2011	LC
Aves	Phyllastrephus albigularis_old	White-throated Greenbul	2001
Aves	Phyllastrephus icterinus_old	Icterine Greenbul	2001
Aves	Phyllastrephus xavieri	Xavier's Greenbul	2001	LC
Aves	Bleda syndactylus	Red-tailed Bristlebill	2001	LC
Aves	Nicator chloris	Western Nicator	2001	LC
Aves	Nicator vireo	Yellow-throated Nicator	2001	LC
Aves	Criniger chloronotus	Eastern Bearded Greenbul	2001	LC
Aves	Criniger calurus	Red-tailed Greenbul	2001	LC
Aves	Cisticola carruthersi	Carruthers's Cisticola	2001	LC
Aves	Apalis rufogularis	Buff-throated Apalis	2001	LC
Aves	Camaroptera superciliaris	Yellow-browed Camaroptera	2001	LC
Aves	Camaroptera chloronota_old	Olive-green Camaroptera	2001
Aves	Eremomela badiceps	Rufous-crowned Eremomela	2001	LC
Aves	Sylvietta virens	Green Crombec	2001	LC
Aves	Sylvietta denti	Lemon-bellied Crombec	2001	LC
Aves	Macrosphenus flavicans	Yellow Longbill	2001	LC
Aves	Macrosphenus concolor	Grey Longbill	2001	LC
Aves	Hylia prasina	Green Hylia	2001	LC
Aves	Illadopsis albipectus	Scaly-breasted Illadopsis	2001	LC
Aves	Illadopsis fulvescens	Brown Illadopsis	2001	LC
Aves	Ploceus albinucha	Maxwell's Black Weaver	2001	LC
Aves	Malimbus erythrogaster	Red-bellied Malimbe	2001	LC
Aves	Malimbus nitens	Blue-billed Malimbe	2001	LC
Aves	Malimbus malimbicus	Crested Malimbe	2001	LC
Aves	Malimbus rubricollis	Red-headed Malimbe	2001	LC
Aves	Parmoptila woodhousei	Woodhouse's Antpecker	2001	LC
Aves	Nigrita fusconotus	White-breasted Nigrita	2001	LC
Aves	Nigrita bicolor	Chestnut-breasted Nigrita	2001	LC
Aves	Nigrita luteifrons	Pale-fronted Nigrita	2001	LC
Aves	Nesocharis ansorgei	White-collared Oliveback	2001	LC
Aves	Spermophaga poliogenys	Grant's Bluebill	2001	LC
Aves	Bleda notatus_old	Lesser Bristlebill	2001
Aves	Terpsiphone rufiventer_old		2001
Aves	Stiphrornis erythrothorax_old2	Forest Robin	2001
Aves	Phyllanthus atripennis_old	Capuchin Babbler	2001
Aves	Deleornis fraseri_old	Scarlet-tufted Sunbird	2001
Aves	Anthreptes rectirostris_old	Green Sunbird	2001
Aves	Anthreptes seimundi	Little Green Sunbird	2001	LC
Aves	Cyanomitra cyanolaema	Blue-throated Brown Sunbird	2001	LC
Aves	Chalcomitra rubescens	Green-throated Sunbird	2001	LC
Aves	Cinnyris minullus	Tiny Sunbird	2001	LC
Aves	Cinnyris erythrocercus	Red-chested Sunbird	2001	LC
Aves	Cinnyris superbus	Superb Sunbird	2001	LC
Aves	Ploceus aurantius	Orange Weaver	2001	LC
Aves	Ploceus nigerrimus_old	Vieillot's Black Weaver	2001
Aves	Ploceus tricolor	Yellow-mantled Weaver	2001	LC

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Semuliki National Park. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Oct 16, 2025.

Semuliki National Park (7049)Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

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Semuliki National Park (7049)
Uganda, Africa